Study: some patients suffer persistent lung damage after Covid-19
A nurse looks after a Covid patient in a Zurich hospital Keystone / Gaetan Bally
Severe Covid-19 can result in prolonged impairment of oxygen in the lungs even four months after infection, a nationwide Swiss study has found.
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“Long-term monitoring and treatment of these patients is urgent and important,” it concluded.
The research, which has been published in the European Respiratory JournalExternal link, was conducted as part of the Swiss national Covid-19 lung study by the Bern University Hospital in collaboration with the University of Bern.
December 24, 2020
Greater sodium intake on a national level is associated with a longer average life expectancy and reduced all-cause mortality, according to an ecological study based on data from 181 countries. But the meaning of these findings, which run counter to advice from international societies and organizations, remains unclear.
After adjusting for countries’ gross domestic product and average body mass index, there was an increase of 2.6 years of healthy life expectancy at birth and an additional 0.3 years at age 60 for each additional gram of daily sodium intake, researchers led by Franz Messerli, MD (Bern University Hospital, Switzerland; Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY), report.
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Antibiotics for cesarean section births are just as effective when they re given after the umbilical cord is clamped as before clamping - the current practice - and could benefit newborns developing microbiomes, according to Rutgers co-authored research.
The study, by far the largest of its kind and published in the journal
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, challenges current recommendations for antibiotic use. Administering antibiotics after clamping does not increase the risk of infection at the site of C-section incisions, the study concludes.
Antibiotics Effective After Clamping Umbilical Cord by Angela Mohan on December 22, 2020 at 3:06 PM
The study, by far the largest of its kind and published in the journal
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, challenges current recommendations for antibiotic use.
Administering antibiotics after clamping does not increase the risk of infection at the site of C-section incisions, the study concludes. Most national and international guidelines, including those of the World Health Organization, recommend that women receive antibiotics before the skin incision for cesarean section, said co-author Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health, professor of microbiology and anthropology, and director of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.